Army rescues seven POWs from LTTE
grip
The 59th Division troops
have rescued seven servicemen held captive by the LTTE terrorists at
Vellamullaivaikkal yesterday morning, Defence Ministry sources said.
Among them were four sailors and three soldiers. They are Lance
Corporal Thennakoon of 1st Vijayaba Regiment (VIR), Lance Corporal
Weerasingha of 4th Gemunu Watch (GW) and Private Ranasinghe of 6th Sinha
Regiment (SR) of the Army and Leading Mechanical Engineer (LME), P.K.I.
Pitiyakumbura, Leading Seaman (S/L) G.H.C.K.Hewage, Able-body Seaman (A/B)
K. M. K. H. Kumarasiri and Recruit M.G. A.P.Bambaradeniya of the Navy.
The Sailors had fallen into LTTE hands after Sea Tigers rammed two Navy
Dvoras (P-461 & P-416) off Point Pedro on November 09, 2006. One of the
soldiers has been captured alive by terrorists in Muhamalai following
clashes that took place at the early stage of the Vanni operations.
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